Pocket-book frame.



No. 7l3,877. Patented Nov. l8, I902.

a. HAVELL.

POCKET BOOK FRAME.

(Application filed Mar. 22,1902.

(No Model.)

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GEORGE HAVELL, OF NEl/VARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO l-IAVELL MANU-FACTURING COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

POCKET -BOOK FRAIVI E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,877, dated November18, 1902.

Application filed March 22, 1902. Serial No. 99,434- (No model.) I

To all, whom it may concern: Figure 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 is a front View,Be it known thatI, GEORGE HAVELL, acitiand Fig. 3 an end view, of apocket-book zen of the United States, residing at Mount frame providedwith my improved catch. Prospect Place, Newark, county of Essex, Fig.dis a plan of the blank for the catch.

5 State of New Jersey, have invented certain Fig. 5 is a plan of theblank with portions of newandusefulImprovementsinPocket-Book one edgebent to project over the movable Frames, fully described and representedin frame-piece and the opposite edge stamped the following specificationand the accompato form a tongue and a channel in which the nyingdrawings, forming a part of the same. spring-wire may be secured. Fig. 6shows 1o Thisinventionrelatestothatclassofpocketthe inner side of thecatch with a lug probook frames in which each frame-piece is jected overthe channel in readiness to lock made U shape in cross-section toreceive the the wire therein. Fig. 7shows the completed leather sides ofthe receptacle and in which a catch with the wire locked therein. Fig. 8is joint-strip is secured upon the edge of one of a cross-section at themiddle of Fig. 6, show- :5 the frame-pieces and projected over the edgeing the wire in the channel and the lug beof the adjacent frame-piece.Such a jointfore it is bent into the channel to lock the strip ofdouble-bead cross-section is shown wire. Fig. 9 shows the catch incross-section in my previous patent, No. 572,931, issued at the middleof Fig. 7 and the joint-strip December S, 1896, and as a double-beadjointwith which the catch is engaged and the edges 20 strip ispreferably used in the present invenof the adjacent frame-pieces. Fig. 9shows tion the means may be used in the present the catch in a diiferentposition from Fig. 9. invention which is described in that patent Fig.10 is a vertical section taken through for securing the joint-strip uponone of the the nearer side of the channel in Fig. 9 lookframe-pieces.ing toward the frame-piece at the left side of 25 The object of thepresent invention is to the catch. Fig. 11 is a plan of the blankfurnish a construction for the catch of the from which the bead-strip isformed. Fig. frame to wholly avoid the provision of any 12 shows theblank with edges partly bent box or casing upon the joint-strip to hingeforward to form the beads. Fig. 13 shows and operate the catch. Where aspring is the beads fully formed upon the joint-strip 30 applied to theouter side of the catch-piece, and the catch hinged thereon, and Fig.14: it is common to use a box or casing to inclose shows the under sideof the joiut-strip and the spring and resist its outward thrust; but thecatch thereon.

in the present invention I hinge the catch- The joint-strip (designated,collectively, piece upon one head of the double-bead joint- B) isattached to the frame-piece A, which 35 strip and secure a spring-wireby its middle is hinged to the frame-piece A in the usual to thecatch-piece and extend its ends within manner by pivots O. The beadedstrip is the other head, so that both the spring and formed with acontinuous fiat plate (1 upon hinge of the catch-piece are secured uponthe inner side, where it is attached to the thejoint-stripwithoutusinganyboxorcasing. frame A, and its edges are rolled upwardly40 Although I have shown the invention in and inwardly toward oneanother to form the connection with a double-bead joint-strip, it beads19 and b. The bead b is formed, as

l is to be understood that the features which. shown in the blank inFig.11, with a notch are afforded by such a joint-strip for securb of thesame length as the catch, such bead ing the catch may be furnished byany form being wholly cut away to the inner plate a,

c5 of joint-strip if constructed in a similar man as is shown in Fig. 9.The remaining beadb 5 ner where the catch is applied, and my inis formedwith notch 0 upon its inner side vention does not, therefore,necessitate. the adjacent to the bead Z), as shown in Fig. 11

use of a double-bead strip. and indicated by the notch 0 upon the blankThe invention will be understood by referin Fig. 11.

50 once to the annexed drawings, in which- The catch is formed withathumb-piece d,

a hinge-tongue e, and an-intermediate double fold f, forming ..a channelg, in which the spring-wire h is inserted. The thumb-piece has a flapreflexed toward the channel, and the flap has at the center of itslength a lug 71, (shown upon the blank in Figs. 4 and 5,) which in thefinished catch is pressed into the channel against the spring to hold ittherein, as shown in Figs. 7, 9, and 10. The lug t' is shown upon theblank in Figs. 4 and 5, and Fig. 5 also shows two depressions in theedge of the blank, which form the jawsj, which appear in Figs. 9 and 10below the plane of the thumb-piece.

The channel g is preferably formed of greater depth at the middle thanat the ends, as shown in Figs. 2 and 10, so as to slightly how thespring-wire h, and when the spring is secured at the middle ofthe'channel by the lug 2' the catch is prepared for hinging to thejointstrip, which is done before the beads are fully formed with thestrip in the condition shown in Fig. 12. I11 this figure a portion ofthe head 17 is turned over opposite the notch b where designated e inFig. 12, and both edges of the blank are shown turned upwardly to formflanges, which by means of suitable tools can then be curled inwardly toform the heads I) Z). To connect the catch with the joint strip, thetongue 6 of the finished catch is inserted within the bent portion 6(shown in Fig. 12) and the ends of the wire extended along the plate a,so as to lie within the bead b when the edges of the blank are curledinwardly to finish the beads. The stamping of the heads into theirfinished form encircles the ends of the wire and straightens theinclined ends, (shown in Fig. 10,) with the efi'ect of pressing thecatch normally inward. The double fold f upon the catch coincides withthe head, as shown in Fig. 2,when the catch is pressed outwardly byengagement with the frame-piece A, as the spring-wire prevents anydisplacement of the catch and holds the tongue e securely within therecess of the bead b. The hinge is thus formed without any pivot andWithout any locking of the tongue 6 with the head in which it works, thespring-wire serving both to press the catch inwardly and to hold it inthe proper lateral relation to the two heads. When the spring operatesfreely to thrust the catch inward, the fold f falls within the surfaceof the head, as shown in full lines in Fig. 9". The dotted lines in Fig.9 show the position to which the catch is lifted by the finger toseparate the frames and open the pocket-book.

The frame A is shown in Fig. 9 with a small stud pressed outwardlythereon to engage with the jawj. Two of thejawsjare shown formed uponthe catch, and two of such studs are formed upon the frame A, ifrequired to make the frame firmly engage the jaws. To admit such studssufficiently close to the head I), notches 7s are formed upon the edgeof the plate a, underneath the head I), which is removed, and suchnotches clearly show in Fig. 14:, adjacent to the jaws j. The two jawsare set at asufficient distance apart and the catch made of a sufficientlength to lock the framepieces A A together securely, and thus hold itmore safely and firmly than where a single jaw is employed.

With the construction shown no box or casing is required, as the hingeof the catch is engaged with the head I) and the spring of the catch isengaged with the head I), and the operative relation of the parts isthus main tained without any other attachment.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimedherein is 1. A pocket-book frame having the framepieces A and A hingedtogether by pivots C, the double-bead joint-strip B attached to thepivots O and frame-piece A and arranged to project over the frame-pieceA, the beads being notched to receive a catch, and the catch hinged inthe head over the frame-piece A and fitted in the notch of the otherhead, and having a thumb-piece d projected beyond the side of thejoint-strip and provided with one or more jaws j to engage the edge ofthe frame A.

2. A pocket-book frame having a doublebead joint-strip with notch cut inone of the beads to admit a catch, the combination, with such frame anddouble-bead joint-strip, of a catch hinged in one of the beads andhaving a wire extended longitudinally of the catch and secured theretoat its center portion, and the ends of the wire inserted within theother head, whereby the catch is pressed normally inward, substantiallyas herein set forth.

In apocket-book catch, the combination, with one of the frames, of ajoint-strip having a recess open toward the adjacent frame, a catchpiece having hinge tongue fitted movably to such recess and having alongitudinal channel with straight spring- Wire locked therein, andsockets upon the joint-strip to secure the ends of the wire whereby thejaw is pressed normally inward.

4. In a pocket-book catch, the combination, with one of the frames, of ajoint-strip having a recess open toward the adjacent frame, acatch-piece having hinge-tongue fitted movably to such recess and havinga longitudinal channel with straight springwire locked therein, thethumb-piece having flap refiexed with a lug pressed into the channel tolock the wire therein, and sockets upon the joint-strip to secure theends of the wire, whereby the jaw is pressed normally inward.

5. In a pocket-book catch, the combination, with one of the frames, of ajoint-strip having a recess open toward the adjacent frame, acatch-piece having hinge tongue fitted movably to such recess and havinga longitudinal channel with straight spring- Wire locked therein, thethumb-piece having flap refiexed with jaw bent downwardly upon its edgesto engage the opposite frame-piece and having a lug pressed into thechannel to lock the Wire therein, and the joint-strip having sockets tosecure the ends of the wire, whereby the jaw is pressed normally inward.

6. A catch-piece for pocket-book frames having the tongue e upon oneedge for hinging the same, the upwardly-projected fold forming channeladjacent thereto, and the thumb-piece having, flap reflexed with lugpressed into the channel to hold the wire spring therein, and jaw bentdownwardly upon its edge, substantially as herein set forth.

7. In a pocket-book frame, the combination, with two frame-piecesjointed by pivots to each other at their ends, of a joint-strip ofdouble-bead cross-section secured to oneof the GEORGE HAVELL.

Witnesses:

J. D. CLARK, THOMAS S. CRANE.

